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Buck Brannaman said it best and plainly in the documentary Buck about his time working with horses. His horse was used as a stand-in during the movie The Horse Whisperer. Others on set reminded him that his horse was not an actor like the other horses. He said something along the lines of, “Yes, I know. He’s a horse.” When I was in the doctoral program, this was my main focus. I was curious about how our own symbolism, beliefs, and understanding of horses influenced what/if/h

As a therapist, I spend a lot of time with people who are trying to make decisions and wishing for absolute certainty. We often imagine there will be one moment when the answer becomes obvious: that we'll know when it's time to leave a relationship, end a caregiving role, or say goodbye to someone we love. In my experience, that's not how it happens. This week I had to make that kind of decision for one of my goats. Today we had to let Pipes go. Pipes was my second goat. I go

Penny has always run toward what most horses flee. A strange sound at the fence line, an unfamiliar person, something moving at the edge of the pasture (usually the sandhill cranes). Where other horses startle and withdraw, she moves toward. I have been told this about myself too, in various ways, by various people, not always as a compliment. Sometimes it is due to a long history of being told to ignore my perceptions. But in the case of Penny, it is something else. It took